Method and means for plurality banding



Jan. 20, 1931. w. INTEMANN I 1,789,467

METHOD AND mums FOR PLURALI'IY- BANbIuG Filed March 16, 1929 2 sheets-sheet 1 v r INVENTQR WWW ante/WV MMrM- M ATTORNEY Jan. 20, 1931. w, T M 1,789,467

METHOD AND MEANS FOR PLURALITY BANDING Filed March 16, 1929 ,2 sheets-sh t 2 INVENTOR mil Gm 8W ATTORNEY Painted, anQ2 3. l

=,.T WILLIAQM mmEMAN BROOKLYN, new YORK, ASSIGNOR, 13x1 MESNE. Assz erjlw-v .MENTS, To; INTEBNAIIONAL; mmnme NEWXQBK .l :1.

METHQDKND 'MEANS'FOR PIgUBAL xTrBANDING;

The principal ebjeet' o'f this'inventibn i'SIt-O apply-a strip fo'rmecl Of' a; plu reility of "bands simultaneously to each of the "individuals *ojf' a group of "articlesfof merqhandise,endiwrep 5 ping the bands individnnlly aruy abo'utthe 'articles," luri=ng s1iehwrapp ng the multiple strip being Sever (1 the requi'sitenumb'er of bands. 1

' My inv'e'nt'ion is 'p-arfiien lafly adaptedt oa the application of a. Iflfl-l-tiPle strip formed of v a, number of Shaft bends n n itet l end "an end in a single strip, to multiplemerchandise,as. for instance foilwrappecl cigars, the strip being icked item a sigeraige box,- gg'u'm meal, and presented be, mn-lfp le 'metcl la'ndif'se, the strip clivicled l-n-to 'i l icllviduxl bands which are Wrappedpartly erbuml the article of-mervcha ncli'e. V 5 The inventien relates Phi-badly tothe aft o f simultaneously handing the individuals V of' a multiple, group of artielS of me'r'c hancliseby placing a strip-comprising a; multiple band 'upon'the memberseemps'in"thegronpythen v a 1 severing the stfipHn-w 1m and; fimiil lyset Fig. 8 is'a perspeclawe iewfshnwingone ting'the unitarybands Y =1 01f thebanded-"articleg Novel mechanism "Wh hisu'sefelim earry- '1' position! K This section is takenon ca line Whichp'asses infront of the gumme'r behind v :t'he O1'k l10lder*and through the Genie 0 f Fig; 3 is albi' ken away itopvi'ew shbQ the-picker arm" and pic'ker head swung" to an langl e "of abeut'19O' ftoni'the Figure 'lposi-tienj over the work holder zindin ltheipesitien-ef applying, thei-bandsto t he cigars. y z-i V "Figw jshi vs the ge of the am wheel,} a View being twkenfrom the lefthan'cl side 0 f Figsi-l,2fand 1 '1 j Figs 5, Gan cl- 7 are detail vi'ewsshewingf some fi the positions-10f the picken; arriving-a zit the orking point bi "the. m chine, F Gar'ry ing a, multiple bancl strip, Fig. 5,vprie'limi'- nari'ly placing 'thefstr'ip 5 upon the grouii of article's efrmerchand'ise, Fig. :6 completing the operation ofswiiapping the: inlividual i bands about the ihfliVidualartleles iofinl'en oh'andise. glee: the strip has been severed,

A While it is apperentfthatfth s inve'nfion V ing out or pTaetiei-ngi'ihlsfnfiethod 'oi' aft 'in v{IO'a'ylJe employed' in' eonneet ionfwiigh apply; its preferred: form embedie 'meztnsymoving 1 lngbands of various lengths ifhzivin g varying. i

' downwardly towardeeqitabTe-work holder v I r I for pliing a; gufmfiedsbni-p fidrn'ed of a mum s'iugle strip-t0 a s'imilfarjnumher 0 f articles" I' V mi 10 f zxfti'eles -O fInercha;nd ise, yet for 'c'onvenience o fi11n$=f atra'tion I heve'represen'ted mwQrk holder-ale;-

' is "applied; And while she invention nlay be the initial placin ef w I I practised in" cenne'ctl'o'nf -W113h enous article is held in' proper pQsi the p'i'ee'sure of wr 7 bands/' r 7' cig rslw e v 40 ln the'clrawingsi ieming pagrt efthi's ap- I By' analogy to the familiarfhzmds which "plication one :prect able -if1'b6dlfi1nt-;Qf are completely wrapped ebout'many of the mechanisnrwhic I nientedi'antl designed;

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gym'em rm eomrAnY, "A CORPORATION? on ehinefivith the w flmme n-me 4 eigar s liow {on the ma'rket' for earrying t radef is illustrated, 1- I a top View} partly loroke ,Of'my machineshowin eke cated over heTst'ack-fi plurality of c'iga'rs' 'sl'l' ported in thework "holder.

" @Ettiallyjaround the 'ci ge fi gintendfd te ever themt 0f ndthe mechav ijis'm for' wfa-ppifi'g bands0T labels efeelje'eted yle gthmere r less fully abmitlthe cigarr The Wpfkghdlder 9 herein is Shb wii' lip-f; H 1 a f' Bands and a The elairns ere ffoimed with as plurality f s ita-lilylshaped =pocjketsf ll for holding the required number .Ii the'm achine;frame'zbymean efaplumlity 1.:Way around "the In thev passage of-t'he picker' fronf the Elglefgumming lst zitioln Zilwhich theji' ltesent I"EIHuStratiQn;"lvcomprisesf a}; guru applying roller-255 a V i'lThe yxfork holder isfshow'n previ'dedbettveen 7H 6 'woifkj headi dr] picker is given arch shapetl formation on it sglower" sideiat 28' f0r :Ithe" purpose-7 f :pressingxand wrappingfthe bands abbu't the'artiels being operated; upbh;

thefpieker head13 211191 picker amt-14 ceml61"sesa, segmental g G3E'H3QIJf iSlE lWit-h jthefshaft.

.e en "in theslide v V r 3 @i d' tt'hqoth'er in the J wr- 3f- H 'fiPOf iris fu nished in, s orhezs iitdble ima n t which has 3; hubil5fsplined to a, rotary; shaft 16.]? "This 'shait'qi hshov v njlmying a head il 'i disposed below theplat offtliejbgxsje" frame efid'ffhoil'ntecl inttn; upstandin'gbushing18 Tha vinga flange 19 geciirejd to thelupperrfaces v 9f the] plate 10.; Suitableime'afisffiresehtly to T 1 be describedtare'eniployed forfiraisixigfgnd F lowering the hub "ai1dfor rbtatingiit by means bfi roitationi imparted' tdthe fhaftl 16. lThefsupplyipf.Strips 20fis prioperlylocated lthechemhe L feet; byf11:12am V sgsli'ght ly xra ise h f. f pins 21 .shitably arranged; J l The stri'psfiare r f iifed' 'upwaitdly andarie cushioned by me ns :of v suitable s p rings 22* Eachof these strips; 20 comprises a plurality; iii the "present mus tier; it'wb, of bands 23" united enclflto jend 4 theflnliltiple strip," anclfwhich in the pres ;.se1it@ejd abo r, V descend, wrap the strips aroundthe elgars,

*ent design} are intended" to be wrappidf half V Y'e.f-:Work receiving poc ketsor recesses with ii an mpStanding T knife b1-ad e 26. The: work headi bp picker head 13 is providetl' with a ,fiuitable "face -271E1- cooperation Withaathei e knife 26in severing 0r shearing the 'strip.*

@lOWeIS thework, he

M v l :=;formed{f or theyillustra'tiont: th are y ithes e I bmdihttg 'o app tusi e i miifo r illatingwheel'i39havinginitsiperiphery acfi m gmciie formed pf several parti,-41',f.42, 43 ehdu44;,*f preseht-lyute be referred to i 11 detail;finywhich-l i's reiceiyedia -zrolleno 5 carried" byigiie enegom A bel1 crahkjlexierfr' '4 5, the Other, end'bf su'eh v bellerank lever Carrying an upstanding pin Qand-"ehaflietr b f 'art ieles of merchandise 130* 'be banded fthe! p resel lt ih stan ce jtwo.

, 6 which' e'ng'ages .a fpair' of lugs f4? formed on the rear of the raCk"bar33.- 1

Th eh p 15 whi'ch carries thei ickererm 14 l is, provided fa eirc'umferential groove l8 -fo'rlthe, eligegelnentbffrollers49 carried by the armg 50 ef a r oc kerlev'er 5l"pivwote cl at52- iohstwillvpr esently' be described.

Af terthe' picker has been eausecltoclescend "upen' t-hetop strip ih the stack 20', toxhm e v I engaged itby-means-fqf ithe suctie created 1n thahdgepplied to; the faces of the a 'uitable openiri'gs' ,55, it is.

A 'passed i o v er roller 25 at the .gumml g station; {Itjs thereafter presevering thfstripflQ] into its units then ttherf ig sgend pas agai to a position loier the stack-, bilt, th1 st1me at means.

thepa rn'groove. A traight OrtiQn-AB Q the cam groove perm ts ntxof the'riiaehi ne dllrihg the' fuhgition 01': then earn, which presses ig'l 5 poei onvthrohgh the Fig. -lp. V iitiqn hefgre the active 'portlon m .shi'f. eratc M 7 3 from ;Figu1 e1;p0sition. tQFig ,5 a 7 w l r 1n p Qk he d at. the working ving briioii's'erjez 63.and 64, whosefuncxsufl ic' ientheight fte clear gun applying lstraightpertiohjfl which permits erg assuresa dwellain the. ,Qstgiilla tiQn; gf "thegpicker arm 7 ever-the stack. ;Atthistime the-portion 61 v -pickup a strip,2 1 ncl P raiseethe; heed withthe strip thus picked up. hThe pQrti'QnfiZ of t'he -cjam holds" the work ead9i1 e-prQp "l l t0 r 1 high it carries across the I 'gummerwheel25LThi PDrtiOn of theo scil 7 r.lationzis efiectedfby means pfthe regularly rwerk'helderj-qnd raises g (irkypi'eces z i' fterthea nditqtheflevelof v 12, so thatthere wfill' beno smearingofthe gum. The head still carrying the multiples strip descends toa position where itplaces thecenter of each of the individual'ban'ds upon a cigar, {Further movement of the picker; head causes the cutter '26 to cooperate with.

thecutt-ing face 27 in shearing orsev'ering the turn movement above described is effected.

" It'wil'l'be apparent thatchanges in detail ,may be made Within the scope 'of the claims without departing from the-spiritof myinvention.

Iclaim: 1 v 1. That improvement in the art of banding merchandise, which consists in handling a multiple band'a-s'aunit, first from a stack to a.

umming .statiomithen placing the gummed o multiple band onto the multiple merchandise,

then severing the-ban'dinto units and finally setting theunitary bands.

the of banding 2. That'improvementin merchandiseywhich c'onsists'in handling a fmultiple band asa unit, first lifting the mul- I tiple band from a stack, then placing .it as a unit upon 7 thefmultiple 1 merchandise, then severing the band into units and finallysimul taneously setting the unitary bands.

3. 'Means for concurrently individually ap plying a multipleband strip about a plurality presenting a plurality of "cigars V simultav neously at the working point,-aapicker headadapted to pick up a ,multip'leb'andstrip,

means for gummingthe strip, means mount ed on the work holder for severing the band, i f and means for moving thepicker head, for efi'ectingthe severance of the strip into bands and the wrapping of these aboutthecigars;

4. The combination witha work holder, i having means for presenting a plurality of work pieces in proper position forr concur-i rently receiving bands from the work head, a band severing device located between the work piece positions, of meansforholding a I. a stack of one piece'multiple band strips, a' T work head constructed and-adapted to pick up the uppermost strip of thefstack andlpre' of cigars, and comprlsing a work holder for sentv it at the working point and partly-apply vidual bands about the work piece;

1 a .51 lileans for concurrently individually ap- 1o '7 plying a multiple band strip about a plural-V 1 i 1 nysmev f 7 wrappingof these about the cigars. f

ity of cigars,,and 'comprising a'workholder for presentinga'rplnrality of cigars simulta neously at the working point, a picker head a adapted to pickup amultiple band strip,; 1- means associated With the work holder and pickerhead for severing the band, and means for moving the'p'icker head for effectingthe severance of-i the strip into bands and the l v it i 76.. Means forindividua'lly andconcurrenfl ,i T ly wrapping ai-multipleiband strip about a; plurality of cigars-and comprising a workdi "holderconstructed:andgadapted to support a Q plurality of ciga'rs ativthelworking point of" Y i i the machine, a picker head form'ed"with a;

numberof arch-shaped pressing surfacesflfl equal to the number-of cigars which the work shearing member carriedby the work holderholderis adapted to support, the pickerbeing} formed with a shearing surface, a cooperative between cigar positions, means for holding a- J faces for effecting the oscillation of the pick a stack of strips, a gumming device, and mechanisrn for actuating'the picker embodying a;

cam wheel having a groove formed with cam, i "crandi ifor causingadwellwhen it is at the"? stack and when, it isatvthe workholder, and 's'aidrca m wheel having-a second groove havr ingcam faces for; effecting the lowering ofthe picker onto the stack, raising it and passing} it over the 'gumming device, and lower? ing thelp ick er onto the stacknd raising it 7 7 during the "first mentioned dwell toa plane? at which it iseffectiveto present a pickednp strip to the gummin'gi device during the for-j moi-5 ward excursion of the picker, and depressing I, j r the picker toward the work holder, and rais-I ing it during the second mentioned dwell to a 1 plane at; which it may freely: pass the gum.- ,7 a; bmflfix y i ming device in jitsreturn. In witness whereof, I. here naturethis 12th dayof March, 1929.".

j i VW ILLIAM INTEMA'NN. I i 

